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| Saturday, November 11 01:07 AM |
| Isn't That Nice? AKA Blames Adam Kidron and UBO for Its Demise. |
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AKA dumped the rest of their staff on Friday. Instead of blaming their own inability to attract advertisers, they blame Adam Kidron. UBO was inept enough to agree to give a dying music site network millions of dollars to run ads for their own underdeveloped properties. The fall of the UBO behemoth will have a domino effect for several ad networks that relied on revenue from UBO to keep them aloft. You know, bla-bla bla.
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| Monday, August 20 01:08 PM |
| 360hiphop No Longer Turning Round as BET Execs Wind Operations Down |
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Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Editor in Chief and Chief Creative Officer of 360hiphop.com announced his resignation. The broadband site, which was acquired by BET, under the leadership of Scott Mills, several months back for a stock swap, has let go a majority of its editorial staff. The site featured some of the best stories on hip-hop you’ll never read.
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| Wednesday, February 13 05:16 PM |
| Is the Source Brand No Longer In Demand? |
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TheSource threw a party this past weekend for All-Star weekend in a venue that could hold 3000 people at $60 a pop. The only problem is only 100 people showed up, and they all got in for free. TheSource has recently put up a for sale sign just as the empire seems to be slowly fraying at the ends.
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| Friday, June 23 08:35 PM |
| Ring Kings Go Bling Bling |
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What is it about the truth that makes people crazy? As Urban Expose continues its critical review of the soap opera that is the urban new media industry the level of insanity within the industry only seems to increase. Our latest reports indicate that the industry is in turmoil over the exposure it has received in recent days with highly paid executives from AKA.net to Hookt.com, all publicly threatening to commit felonies against one another.
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| Saturday, August 12 01:36 AM |
| Impact 24/7 Gets Better! Can't Say the Same for Soul Purpose Newsletter. |
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Soul Purpose newsletter has steadily gotten worse, if such a thing was possible, proving that James Andrews can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Perhaps the problem is that as they make the push to become daily; they are realizing that Mr. Andrews has nothing to say. The level of content seems to be aimed more at transit workers than "tastemakers" (whatever THAT is…). Needless to say, David Mohammed's phone is not ringing off the hook.
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| Thursday, June 15 04:53 AM |
| Scott Mills and BET.com Throws Away Winning Hand |
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Scott Mills has been so busy running around the country promoting the idea of a digital divide that he allowed BET.com to divide itself from its premier investor, Microsoft. Who wants to sponsor a bunch of bitter women at BET.com whose idea of content is making personal attacks on Kobe Bryant for his taste in women?
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| Thursday, July 13 10:54 PM |
| Bamflex! Goes Sooner Than Later, But At Least We Got This Navigator! |
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The company run by husband and wife team Gary and Melanie Mack launched their site as a broadband portal for urban entertainment. It offered everything from, 14 years of "Showtime at the Apollo" reruns to Master P crying about his basketball career, or lack thereof. However, it looks like the party is finally over. After burning through approximately $5 million in cash and burning investors Bamflex! is headed for the a listing on Ghost Sites.
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| Monday, June 19 09:27 PM |
| Darien Dash: Race for Cash |
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Darien is preparing to launch "Places of Color". Sounds more like a smarmy romance novel by Terry McMillan than a co-branded ISP play involving AOL. The site currently consists of the ubiquitous Flash intro -straight from a Macromedia tutorial- and a grating sound track guiding us through uninspired visuals. The press for this deal sounds great: AOL working with a company called Digital Mafia, to bring poor black people Internet service at $19.95 when many ISPs are giving away service for free!
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